Supporting the Army

Supporting the Army

Veterans

W.A. Scott III

Freelance Engineers

"Mine was a freelance engineer combat battalion, and we got all of us to join the Third Army."

"We got out, and we actually camped in the woods near Rouen about 38 or 40 kilometers outside somewhere, and my unit was self-contained motorized. We had – all of our companies had their own transportation, but we were immediately incorporated in the supply for units being assigned to various Armies. Mine was a freelance engineer combat battalion, and we got all of us to join the Third Army, which was headed toward Dijon."

November 1944

USHMM Interview with William Alexander Scott III RG-50.010*0082